Coronavirus facts as of April 11 (Source: Health Board):

• 146 people require hospitalization as of Saturday morning.
• 11 of those hospitalized are on ventilators.
• 46 new cases in past 24 hours.
• Of the new cases, most were in Saaremaa (25) and Harju County (12), with Ida-Viru County (5) next. Võru County had two more cases, and Pärnu County got one more recorded COVID-19 case. The location of one case (compiled from the population register) was unknown at the time of writing.
• 24 people have died from coronavirus-related causes in Estonia so far.
• 29,456 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Estonia since January 31, with 4 percent (1,304) testing positive.
• 93 people with COVID-19 have been discharged from hospital to date.
• 1,574 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, 3 percent testing positive.

The Health Board updated its testing strategy recently; as of April 8, family doctors were given the right to refer all people with coronavirus symptoms, regardless of age or co-morbidities, to testing, in cases of reasonable doubt.

 In case of illness, you should contact your family doctor, who will decide on the need for testing and, if necessary, refer you to a test center.

Doctors will assess each individual case individually. 

The aim of the updated testing methodology is to obtain a more accurate epidemiological overview of the prevalence of coronavirus in Estonia, which will also help with future planning. Testing parameters will be subject to review going forward.

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